mance that saw them win by a huge 26-point margin, and bri

BOSTON - This time, the Bruins scored early instead of late.Boston beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 on Tuesday night and celebrated consecutive wins for the first time in more than a month. Loui Eriksson and Brad Marchand scored two goals apiece and Patrice Bergeron had three assists for the Bruins, who had gone to overtime in three of their last four before holding off the Predators in regulation.We know that we have to be better. It just seemed like every time you made a mistake, it ended up in our net and we couldnt score. The last couple of games weve showed some character, said Marchand, who scored 2:02 into the game and added a goal midway through the second period to give Boston a 4-2 lead.The Bruins were coming off a 4-3 victory over Buffalo on Sunday, forcing overtime on a goal with 1:31 left in the third.Two nights later, Boston built a lead and hung on.We had to come back with a strong performance tonight and I thought we did it, Bergeron said. Even though it wasnt pretty in the third, we found a way.David Krejci also scored for the Bruins, who held the Predators to 10 shots through the first two periods. Tuukka Rask made 22 saves and Chris Kelly had a pair of assists for Boston.Calle Jarnkrok and Taylor Beck each had a goal and an assist for Nashville. Becks goal 6:48 into the third period pulled the Predators to 4-3, but Rask didnt let anything else by him as Boston won for the third time in four games.I always want to play a perfect game and today definitely wasnt a perfect game. Theres been times Ive played really good and weve lost, Rask said. Today I wasnt at my best but the guys (picked me up) and played a heck of a game.After shutting down Nashville through the first two periods, the Bruins withstood a barrage from the Predators in the third.The Predators, who won at Columbus 5-1 on Monday night, had 15 shots in the final period despite having to kill a 4-minute power play.We knew we had to come out extremely hard in the third period down a couple goals. We thought that we played a great period, Beck said. We couldve been back into it with any bounces. Rask made some big saves, and sometimes you just fall short.Nashville couldnt rally after falling behind 4-2 on goals by Eriksson and Marchand in the second period.Eriksson broke a 2-all tie 5:53 into the second and added an empty-netter with 38 seconds remaining after Nashville pulled goalie Carter Hutton, playing in just his fourth game this season.We pushed but we didnt have enough tonight, said Hutton, who made 24 saves.Bergeron assisted on Marchands goal 2:01 into the game and again when Marchand scored at 10:51 of the second to give Boston a 4-2 lead.Rask had a spotty first period, allowing two goals, but hardly saw the puck in the second when the Predators managed only three shots on goal.NOTES: Krejcis goal in the first gave Boston power-play goals in two straight games for the first time since Nov. 6 (Edmonton) and Nov. 10 (New Jersey). ... The Predators beat Boston 3-2 in a shootout last Tuesday. ... Nashvilles James Neal received a double-minor for slashing and unsportsmanlike conduct 2:02 into the third, then shortly after returning picked up a 10-minute misconduct at 6:26. ... G Pekka Rinne has been in net for all 22 of Nashvilles wins. Dexter Williams Womens Jersey . -- Chris Crawford hit a 3-pointer with 1:36 left to put Memphis ahead to stay, and the 21st-ranked Tigers beat seventh-ranked Louisville 72-66 Saturday, sweeping the season series from the Cardinals. Reggie White Youth Jersey .com) - St. Louis Blues right wing Vladimir Tarasenko, Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk and Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury have been selected as the NHLs top players for last week. http://www.shoptheofficialpackers.com/El...Packers-Jersey/. -- The Oakland Raiders added a veteran presence to their young receiving group by signing free agent James Jones to a three-year contract Monday. Dexter Williams Youth Jersey . Fellow Argentina forward Gonzalo Higuain also had a brace for Napoli. And Samuel Etoo scored for his fourth different team. On a night of standout individual performances Wednesday, Schalke goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand had a game hell want to forget. Rashan Gary Womens Jersey .Dawson also birdied two of the last four holes to reach 12-under 132 on TPC San Antonios AT&T Canyons Course. He won his only title in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event in 2002 in the Web.com Tours LaSalle Bank Open.Im not going to lose any sleep, believe me, Dawson said. I used to be a perfectionist, but my attitude now is to play like Im in the pro-am.KELOWNA, B.C. - Canadian ice dancing, it seems, is in good hands.Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje won ice dance gold to lead Canada in a 1-2 finish at Skate Canada International on Saturday.With Canadas Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir watching on from the broadcast boost, Weaver and Poje scored 171.10 points for the victory, and had the Prospera Place crowd cheering through the final 30 seconds of their four-minute long program to Vivaldis Four Seasons.Its great, I think that this has always been our goal but now it feels attainable, and it doesnt take a miracle for us to get here, Weaver said. Even though saying that, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves, we were pretty nervous for this event, but now this can serve as a great confidence booster.Virtue and Moir, who are taking the season off, had won five of the previous seven Skate Canada events.Piper Gilles of Toronto and Paul Poirier of Unionville, Ont., won the silver with 152.60, while Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue finished third with 148.23.It just shows how deep the field is, Weaver said. Canadian ice dance I think is at its strongest in recent history, especially last season with us, Tessa and Scott, and the teams that were fighting for third. Its an amazing thing, success breeds success.Canadians Meaghan Duhamel and Eric Radford won the pairs for their first Grand Prix victory, while Japans Takahito Mura landed two quadruple jumps to win the mens singles gold. Anna Pogorilaya of Russia won the womens singles title.The victory was a first for Weaver and Poje, who finished second to Italians Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte by just 0.02 points at last springs world championships.The Canadians found themselves in an unfamiliar spot coming into Skate Canada as the No. 1-ranked team.The thing that felt different and felt a little strange was not having Tessa and Scott in the changing rooms and on practices, because weve become accustomed to that, Poje said. It felt different, a little strange. Their not being there made us realize that we need to step into the spotlight and we need to be confident.Duhamel, from Lively, Ont., and Radford, from Balmertown, Ont., meanwhile, roared to gold after executing their quadruple throw Salchow for the first time in a major international competition.The throw, which comes as advertised — Radford launches Duhamel for four rotations through the air — is almost never performed by any of the worlds pairs skaters. Its something theyd wanted to do since they teamed up four seasons ago.Its kind of been in our back pocket waiting, Duhamel said.The quad throw wasnt perfect — Duhamel stepped out of the landing. But the gutsy move was part of a strong overall performance that saw them win by a huge 26-point margin, and bring the crowd to its feet.The two-time defending world bronze medallists scored 210.74 points for their program to music by Muse, while Chinas Sui Wenjing and Han Cong were second with 184.64, and Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov won the bronze with 175.45.Our goal this summer was to try (the quad) in every competition so when we got to the big events like Four Continents and world championships, we had tried it enough and got enough experience on it that it would become very easy to land, Duhamel said. So for us it was still a success today to go for it and to stand up on it. The landing was. . . just miss, so close. So for us, thats a success.The pairs victory was not only Canadas first at a Grand Prix since Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison won Skate America, but should stacck the Canadian team up well against the best in the world.dddddddddddd.Every year we go into the Grand Prix series and its always our goal to win a gold medal, and its taken us a lot of years and it feels really great to finally have this achievement, Duhamel said. Its encouraging, that was personal best long program score ever, but we still had a lot of room to make it better.Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ont., and Michael Marinaro of Waterloo, Ont., who just teamed this past summer, were sixth. Brittany Jones of Toronto and Joshua Reagan of Waterloo, Ont., were seventh.Moore-Towers announced after last season that her and partner Dylan Moscovitch were splitting; Moore-Towers wanted to compete in two more Olympics, and Moscovitch couldnt commit to that.When we made this decision, there was a lot of talk and a lot of skeptical people and I havent regretted it once, I havent doubted it once, Moore-Towers said. You can say what you want about the mark were getting . . . but it doesnt matter, and thats what people arent getting.We are happy. I am so happy in this situation, we have great days every day in training, we are always making gains, and thats what skating is about for me right now.Skating to The Phantom of the Opera, Mura scored a total of 255.81 points, and buried his head in a towel in tears after his marks went up. Mura called it his best-ever performance.I was a little bit surprised how well I was able to do, until now I was lacking a bit of confidence, Mura said through an interpreter. While I was skating, I was thinking, Im doing really great. Very comfortable.Javier Fernandez of Spain, the leader after the short program, dropped to second with 244.87 points. Fernandez had trouble on his three quad attempts, falling on one of them.American Max Aaron was third with 231.77. Liam Firus of North Vancouver, B.C., was ninth, while Andrei Rogozine of Newmarket, Ont., was 10th.Pogorilaya won the womens title with 191.81, while American Ashley Wagner was second with 186.00 and Satoko Miyahara of Japan won bronze with 181.75.Alaine Chartrand of Prescott, Ont., was seventh, while Veronik Mallett of Sept-Iles, Que., was 10th, and Julianne Seguin of Longueuil, Que., was 12th.The mens event started unusually early at 11 a.m. local time. Mura called the early start a refreshing feeling.Fernandez wasnt so sold on it.I saw Javi this morning shuffling down the hallway, and I said, You waking up? Aaron said. He said, I dont remember the last time I woke up this early. I started cracking up. It is funny.I dont know if its a Spanish thing, but I really dont like the early practice at all, said Fernandez, who was up at 6:20 a.m. for the morning session.The field was missing Canadas top two skaters in Patrick Chan and Kevin Reynolds.Chan, whod won four of the six previous Skate Canada events, is taking the season off while Reynolds pulled out of the event a few days ago citing skate troubles. Reynolds has been searching for skates that fit properly for more than a year.Firus was pleased with his skate after a shaky short program.I came in here fighting, really pushing, Firus said.The 22-year-old had a disappointing Sochi Olympic experience finishing 28th, and he admitted it took him a while to get over it.Sochi was tough, it really hurt me, but the support was awesome, he said. Its what brought me back to skating, I didnt realize how much I love it.It was tough coming back from suc